Comparison of cultural competence and cultural confidence of senior nursing students in a private southern university.

Full Abstract

American Society is becoming increasingly diverse and multi-cultural. Nursing education must recognize the impact this has on our profession, education and care. A private southern university recently embraced culturalism as a conceptual thread in its curriculum and is providing cultural content to better prepare nursing students to provide culturally appropriate care. This study's purpose was to compare the cultural competence and confidence of senior nursing students who had received cultural content (N = 32) with those who had not received any cultural content (N = 33). The Bernal and Froman Cultural Self Efficacy Scale was used. Findings suggest students who received some cultural course content feel less competent and confident to provide culturally sensitive care than those who received no cultural course content.

Author information

Author/s: Alpers, R R (RR); Zoucha, R (R);

Affiliation: Community Health Nursing, Arizona State University, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of cultural diversity (J Cult Divers), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1996-; vol 3 (issue 1) : pp 9-15

Dates: Created 1996/10/29; Completed 1996/10/29; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 8788835, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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